Bottle-holder



(No Model.)

. V. V. BACON.

' BOTTLE HOLDER. No. 517,833. Patented Apr 10, 1-894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR v. BAcon, OF DORR, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 517,833, dated April 10, 1894.

Application filed August 4, 1893 Serial No. 482,409- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VICTOR V. BACON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dorr, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle holders, and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features,-

hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a plan view; I g

- ing a single series of lugs, a portion of said and Fig. 3 a side elevation of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A is any suitable case, and A a ledge to prevent the lower row of bottles from slipping down.

B. is a strip of sheet metal, or other suitable material secured to the case, and O and G are spring lugs struck up from said strip between which thebottles are grasped. The first of:

the series of the lugs O, and each alternate lug thereafter is struck up perpendicularly to the strip B, and serves as an abutment against which thebottles rest. The other alternate lugs O are longitudinally bisected.

andcach half oppositely bent in conformity with the curvature of the bottle, thus forming a spring which grasps the bottle and crowds it against the opposite lug and thus holds it in place.

The broad flat surface of the lugs (J serve to keep the bottles in line, and the lugs C being divided are more flexible, and thus offers but little resistance to the removal of the bottles, and at the same time serve to hold two bottles in place. By thus dividing the lugs O, I am enabled to hold the bottles in place with but one series of lugs and at the ance.

t At the base of the lugs C and C is secured a strip or band of rubber D, or other suitable material, which serves as a bufier against frictional surface to prevent the sliding up and down of the bottle. Said band being between the strip B and the bottle, separates the same, and also serves as a fulcrum to throw the bottom of said bottle outward when its upper end is pressed toward the case as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. By pressing the top of the bottle inward, the bottom of said bottle is thrown outside the line of the tops of the lower row of bottles on the edge A, and may then be readily grasped and removed.

From the foregoing the operating of my device can be readily understood.

What I claim is 1. In a bottle holder, a strip of metal, havlugs also being longitudinally bisected and oppositely bent, and adapted to grasp the bottles and press the same against the opposing lugs substantially as described.

2. In a bottle holder, a strip or plate having a series of lugs, integral with the same, each alternate lug also being longitudinally bisected and oppositely bent, and adapted to :grasp the bottles and press the same against the opposing lugs substantially as described.

3. In a bottle holder,in combination with a plate, having spring lugs for holding bottles, a'band or strip of flexible material adjacent to the base of said lugs, substantially as described.

4. In a. bottle holder, the combination of a strip of metal, having a series of lugs, each alternate lug being bisected and oppositely bent, and a band or strip adjacent to the bases of said lugs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afllx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SoMMER, R. J. BARRIS.

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